What do you do with beers you don't like?

[dreaddan]

So I've brewed a beer recently that I just don't like, nothing wrong with it just not to my taste.
Not sure I can throw it away, but not sure what to do with it.

What do others do when you make a beer you don't like?

 

[Clint]

Unless they're off I drink them all.
Another workable option is if you get frequent visitors who keep popping by for a try of your beer give it to them.

 

[Empty bottle]

Drink it and build a relationship with your beer. After 12 pints you will love the beer.

 

[Rwilts]

Haven't made one I can't drink (yet)!

If their bottled put them aside and try in a few months, year. You will be surprised how much they can mellow, round out over time.

 

[homebrewdev]

Along what @Empty bottle says.... my variation is to have a pint or two of a good one first.... then have another one... the less ideal. Usually by that time it ain't that bad.
Another thing I did was to bottle it and forget it... after a while it gets better.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I'm like @Rwilts - I haven't brewed one I didn't like.

But if I did, and none of my family/friends liked it, it would go down the drain. No point in forcing yourself to drink something you don't like

 

[SMP Brewery]

I brewed a stout that wasn’t to my taste, luckily it was only 10ltr. Most of the bottles have gone into stews and the like and they tasted much nicer than the beer.

 

[RichardS]

I made an IPA at the start of this summer which I dry hopped in the keg. It was fine for 2 weeks but after that I got big grassy flavours and dumped it. We all make mistakes and I replaced it with a cracking beer a few weeks later.

 

[nickjdavis]

Keep a handful of them to see if the flavour changes over time. The rest....down the drain. No sense taking up shelf/fridge space with beer that you don't really want to drink.

 

[Buffers brewery]

So far in my brewing life it hasn’t happened too often. But it has occurred when I’ve brewed a beer to see what it’s like. If I don’t like it I make sure I have something I know I like to replace it with before getting rid…..and making a note not to brew it again.

 

[Andrew Booth]

If I make one I’m not fond of I just add lemonade and turn it into shandy

 

[MashBag]

Unless they're off I drink them all.
Another workable option is if you get frequent visitors who keep popping by for a try of your beer give it to them.

I have a agree. I too give it away (by the crate). With the comment "the beer is a gift, the bottles are a loan"

I also try not to make stuff I am not sure about. This too applies to pickles, jam, bread etc...and I don't get 40 of those.

 

[jeremy Hall]

So I've brewed a beer recently that I just don't like, nothing wrong with it just not to my taste.
Not sure I can throw it away, but not sure what to do with it.

What do others do when you make a beer you don't like?

I haven't had a brew I haven't liked for ages. I have had some which have needed a bit of age to improve. I had a gassy one at the start of the year which tasted fine but had a massive head. I did use some of that in my slug traps. If you know people with gardens they would probably love you for it for their traps.

 

[sifty]

I just invite some mates round. They'll drink anything...

 

[Deadhead]

Has to be truly awful for me to not drink it. If it qualifies that way, it means I won't even fob it off on friends, so it usually ends up in the water pan of the smoker or into the slug traps in the garden.

 

[Caramel Ox]

I’d be interested to know what the OPs beer is that is unliked. So far I have had some underwhelming batches but nothing bad. The only stuff undrunk is the high abv. Which is fine to age more anyway.

 

[Cwrw666]

I'm sure most of us occasionally turn out a brew that is a bit of a disappointment but drink them anyway. Compared to some of the beers you get down the pub any disappointment pales into insignificance.

 

[Bjorn Toulouse]

I brew it I drink it, just got through an IPA man it was a struggle. I really should stop brewing IPAs, but I'm a sucker for a good deal. 2 coopers kits for £10. When beer is that cheap you really cant complain.

 

[Old Fart At Play]

If it was a bitter you could buy some bottled Guiness and enjoy some old fashioned Black and Tan

 

[obscure]

There is a limit to how much I can drink alcohol wise, and I’m not going to waste it on a beer that I don’t enjoy. It’s rare but now and then I have a beer that is just not for me, and their is something incredibly satisfying about pouring the lot down the drain and then drinking something that I actually enjoy.

Seriously life is to short to waste it drinking beer you don’t enjoy.

That being said if it is a high ABV beer and bottled it can be worthwhile tucking it away for six months to a year as these are the kind of beers that can genuinely improve if conditioned for an extended period.